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Remember our story from exactly a month ago, about how an employee at a newly opened baseball stadium got slapped by a spectator? Well, thankfully, there’s now a heartwarming tale from that very night. On March 29, when a couple that had watched the game was on their way home, they encountered an elderly man that needed help. They noticed that an old man had a vertigo attack and collapsed on the ground bleeding. Without a second thought, they stopped and called the ambulance. It turned out that the elderly man was the father-in-law of former 7-Eleven Lions player Tapang Kolong. On Thursday, with help from users of Threads, Tapang Kolong met the husband and promised to offer him and his wife some autographed gifts from his baseball equipment brand and VIP tickets to a game in gratitude.

Retired 7-Eleven Lions baseball player, Tapang Kolong, also known as Deng Zhi-wei, looked for his father-in-law’s lifesavers on Threads. The father-in-law had an emergency on the evening of March 29, after the debut game of the team’s new home stadium in Tainan, which Tapang Kolong participated in.

Tapang Kolong’s father-in-law had gone out on his own when suddenly, he had a vertigo attack. He fell on his head and couldn’t get up. Fortunately, two passers-by noticed and went over to help call the ambulance. They were wearing the 7-Eleven Lions’ jersey, meaning they were at the baseball game. Now that the father-in-law has recovered, Tapang Kolong wanted to find the two Lions fans and thank them personally. The search wasn’t difficult, because one of them had posted about the incident the day after. The fan even wrote that he was almost sure that the son-in-law of the elder man they rescued was indeed Tapang Kolong.

Tapang Kolong extends a hand in greeting and presents the fan with an autographed baseball. The fan is a real estate agent who had gone to the game that evening with his wife, and on their way home noticed that an elderly man had collapsed. They did not imagine that it was Tapang Kolong’s father-in-law.

Su Yu-fan
Rescuer
He had collapsed and there was blood. My immediate reaction was to stop the car, get out and help. At the time Tapang Kolong wore a face mask. I though he looked familiar, but it wasn’t a convenient moment to confirm that it was him, so I kept it as a little secret to myself.

Tapang Kolong
Former 7-Eleven Lions player
The night it happened, we were all in a panic and didn’t think to ask for our lifesavers’ contact. People on social media are so helpful. They helped me track him down within an hour. I’m also a bit embarrassed that I could only find our lifesavers in this way.

Tapang Kolong is now a baseball coach at a local school. He’s also launched a baseball equipment brand, which offers several baseball bats he designed. To express his gratitude to the couple, Tapang Kolong offered them VIP tickets to a game, and a baseball and bat autographed by a Lions player of their choice. Netizens are all delighting in this heartwarming encounter between a star and his fans.

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